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Bridges in New York
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Verrazano Narrows Bridge suspension bridge (Staten Island/Brooklyn) Giovanni da Verrazano, the Narrow Othmar Hermann Amman & Robert Moses span width: 1298 meters finished 1964 N.Y.C. marathon
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Throgs Neck Bridge suspension bridge (Queens / Bronx) Throggs Neck Othmar H. Amman & Robert Moses total length: 887 meters finished in 1961 should relieve the Bronx-Whitestone-Bridge
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Brooklyn Bridge suspension bridge (Manhattan/Brooklyn) New York and Brooklyn Bridge John August Roebling, Washington August Roebling & Emily Warren Roebling total length: 1834 meters finished in 1883 34 people died one day after the opening
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Queensboro Bridge cantilever bridge (Queens/Manhattan) 59th Street Bridge Gustav Lindenthal, Leffert L. Buck & Henry Hornbostel finished: 1909 total length: 1135 meters
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Triborough Bridge complex of three bridges (Bronx/Manhattan/Queens) East River: supension bridge Harlem River: lift bridge Bronx Kills: truss bridge Robert Moses finished 1936
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Bear Mountain Bridge suspension bridge (Hudson River) Bear Mountain Finished: 1924 George Washington Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge
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Sources www.wikipedia.de www.bridgemeister.com www.nycroads.com de.structurae.de
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A presentation by Ann-Kathrin Hansmann Thanks for attention!
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